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Category Archives: Education
Incompetence at the Top?
Last week an article entitled ‘Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?‘, published in the Harvard Business Review, was brought to my attention (thanks Kate Bellingham!). Written by a (male) Professor of Business Psychology at University College London (UCL), … Continue reading
A levels, Cricket and Resilience
It’s that time of year again when exam results are forthcoming, making or apparently breaking many a child’s future aspirations. GCSE’s today, A levels last week. It seemed to me that the A level media over-excitement seemed less this year, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Science Culture
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Lecturer Spotting
The Easter break, relatively short though it may be, offers me an opportunity to introduce another raft of characters from the Athenian University to join my previous lists of Dramatis Personae/ character assassinations. Here I describe variations on the theme of … Continue reading
Building the Evidence
Evidence-based policy has become something of a catch phrase recently. My own MP, the scientist and my former departmental colleague Julian Huppert, used the phrase in his maiden speech, pledging to support it, albeit other MPs may be less persuaded … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged Mark Henderson, Mark Walport, randomised controlled trials, Wellcome
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Let’s Get Stereotypes out of Science Education
Women are from Venus, like making cupcakes, like bright colours – particularly pink – and need to be told at frequent intervals that ‘math is meant to be hard’. That seems to be the verdict you could cull from many … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Equality, Uncategorized, Women in Science
Tagged physics, stereotype threat, teachers
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